VOV.VN - Vietnamese Xiangqi player Nguyen Thanh Bao secured the runner-up position in the dark chess category and finished eighth overall at the NingMing HuaShan Cup Xiangqi Open in China.

By winning another gold medal in men’s classic bodybuilding on the final competition day, Vietnam concluded the 16th World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Championship 2025 with three runner-up titles.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s badminton player Bui Bich Phuong fell short of the women’s singles title at the 2025 International Series in Malaysia after losing to Kim Seong Min of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the final on September 14.

VOV.VN - Dinh Sy Tu, 25, from northern Thai Nguyen province, a fitness coach and model, was awarded the third runner-up title at the Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 finale held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 7.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s national volleyball team secured second place at the second leg of the SEA V.League 2025, with a record of three wins and one loss.

Vietnam’s GreenAms Robotics Team 24751 from Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted has claimed the runner-up title at the 2025 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship held in Houston, the US.

VOV.VN - Local photographer Nguyen Tan Tuan has become the overall runner-up at the open competition of the Epson International Pano Awards 2024 for his outstanding photo “Mùa Hoa Cúc” (chrysanthemum Season).

VOV.VN - Do Ha Trang, first runner-up of the Miss Tourism Vietnam Global 2024 pageant, left Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Albania on September 28 to vie for a title at the Miss Globe 2024 contest.

VOV.VN - Hoa Sen Vang, an integrated communication company, on August 23 announced that Miss Grand Vietnam 2023 runner-up Bui Khanh Linh will represent Vietnam at the Miss Intercontinental 2024 contest in Egypt later this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representative Nguyen Tran Bao Linh was awarded the first runner-up title at the Mini Miss Junior Idol World 2024 recently held in Thailand.